Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-23

The show that misses Great Bend
is poor institution. We furnish
larger crowds than any town in the
valley.
From a number of gentlemen in
from the north part of the county we
learn that crops up there are looking
very well.
John Lindas of Pawnee Rock has
sold out his lumber business up there
to j. Fl. Hemppler who will take pos
session the LIST of July.
Mr.. III. MOOrehouse, of the firm of
Mcclure & MOOrebouse, is off on a two
weeks pleasure trip to st. Louis and
other points in Missouri.
There was never a town more SUI
premely blessed than this. Two shows
in less than two months, abundant
crops in prospect, what more can we
reasonably expect?
| Mr. Dodson, brother of the pro-
prietor of the Famous, came out to
visit his brother several days ago.
He was taken sick while here and is
still confined to his bed.
There was quite number of people
in from Cleveland township to see the
show. They say, almost without an
axcaptiOD tbat thav will have fine corn
crops up there, with another rain or
two.
The State Agricultural college at
Manhattan has just closed the most
successful year of its existence. The
institution is doing much good for
this state and should be fostered lib
orally.
The old fight between Sterling and
Lyons is raging with increased viru-
lence. The cas,ls bellt now is whether
the new railroads will go through the
latter or the former place. 1t never
seems to have occurred to our neigh
bors that railroad might go through
both places.
Mr.. d. E. Benedict, the liveryman,
was as smiling Friday as though
he had been TO the circus and the
side show, not forgetting the lemon
ade stands and wheel of fortune.
Fortunes wheel at any rate has dealt
fairly with him, for he has a bran
new girl at his house who came last
night.
The collectors over the Santa Fe all
stop at Great Bend. The distance
from here to Kansas City is 27O miles,
while the distance from here to Pueblo
is $40. But the collectors who run
from Kansas City to this place have
more coaches to go through than
those going from here west. So the
work is about evenly divided.
Mr.. William Drake and Miss Julia
Waterbury were married on the 18th
inst, at the residence of Squire c. j.
Mackenroth, South Bend township.
These young people took the commu-
nifty considerably by surprise as they
had not thought neighbor Drake had
been contemplating such move yet
awhile, and the rest of the young ladies
in the community feel considerably
chagrined thereat.
Mr.. Krause of Walnut township
made us pleasant call Friday. Mr.. |
Krause has been in Barton county |
thirteen years and is therefore one Of
the oldest settlers in the county. He
tells us that corn promises a fine Yield |
up there. He lives within two miles
of Albert, growing town on the Great
Bend extenion. Mr.. Hays of that
place is building new store up there |
and number of other improvements
are being made.
The jury in the case of the state
against llagan, charged with shoot
ing Andrea last winter, returned a |
verdict of not guilty, after being out
about an hour. The trial was quite |
lengthy and every inch was stubborn
ly contested by able attorneys on both !
sides. A large array of witnesses
from EllinwoOd and the immediate |
vicinity was here throughout the trial. |
AS many of them were farmers who
were anxious to get back to their